Datafile Name: Cancer Survival

Datafile Subjects: Medical

Story Names: Cancer Survival

Reference: Cameron, E. and Pauling, L. (1978) Supplemental ascorbate in the

supportive treatment of cancer: re-evaluation of prolongation of survival

times in terminal human cancer. Proceedings of the National Academy of

Science USA, 75, 4538Ð4542. Also found in: Manly, B.F.J. (1986)

Multivariate Statistical Methods: A Primer, New York: Chapman & Hall, 11.

Also found in: Hand, D.J., et al. (1994) A Handbook of Small Data Sets,

London: Chapman & Hall, 255.

Authorization: Contact authors

Description: Patients with advanced cancers of the stomach, bronchus,

colon, ovary or breast were treated with ascorbate. The purpose of the

study was to determine if the survival times differ with respect to the

organ affected by the cancer.

Number of cases: 64

Variable Names:

1. Survival: Survival time (in days?)

2. Organ: Organ affected by the cancer

The Data:

Survival Organ